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Leaflets and Posters

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Provide your class with a simple overview of the use of leaflets and posters. Within this presentation, there is a list of tips for creating informative and easy-to-read text and a slide with examples of this type of writing. This could...
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Language and Cognition

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In tnis psychology worksheet, students complete 10 multiple choice questions on the stages of language acquisition and cognition.
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Language and Cognition

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this psychology activity, students complete 5 short short answer review questions on language and cognition. They explain when a form communication is considered a language.
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"Ode to the West Wind" Theme of Language and Communication

For Students 9th - 11th
In this "Ode to the West Wind" worksheet, students discuss the speaker's concern that his ideas will die with him. Students answer three questions about the poet's plea to the West Wind to take his ideas and spread them throughout the...
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The Invention of the Telephone

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study the history of the telephone and its inventor.  In this communications lesson plan students complete a tuning fork experiment to further demonstrate how sound is produced.
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Sexual Exploitation: Day 1: Communication

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research and practice communication skills as assertiveness and listening in terms of sexual exploitation. For this communication lesson plan, students practice skills in 2 person teams.
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Abstinence

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify positive reasons why people choose to practice abstinence and complete communication that is successful in this practice. In this abstinence lesson plan, students view videos and fill out worksheets provided.
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Communication 5: Defending Your Rights

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students role play situations where they communicate and defend themselves. In this communication lesson plan, students defend their rights by being assertive.
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore the issue of sexually transmitted diseases and discover that someone may have an STD with no symptoms. In this sexually transmitted diseases lesson, students complete a worksheet as a large group. High schoolers...
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Learning to Listen

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine communication and how to be a better listener.  In this social skills lesson students complete several listening exercises.
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Rusted Roots

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a flowchart on the root cause method. In this inquiry lesson, students compare RCA and the DMAIC model with the scientific method of problem solving. They investigate a problem in school and present their findings in class.
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Picture This

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students create a descriptive paragraph about their past or their heritage and provide a picture to go along with it. In this past and heritage lesson plan, students share their paragraph with the class.
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Worksheet #10: Transportation and Communication

For Students 5th - 10th
In this transportation and communication worksheet, students answer short answer questions about transportation and communication for the county they live in. Students answer 5 questions.
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We All Need Speed Limits

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students consider fluency and speed of reading. In this speed limits lesson, students discuss the importance of speed when reading and how the rate affects comprehension and listening skills. Teacher models think aloud as a strategy.
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Changes In The New Nation: New Beginnings

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students consider the role of American newspapers in the revolution and plans for new government. In this early American history lesson, students determine how communication provided by newspapers contributed to the organization of the...
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Transportation and Communication

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students take an in depth look at communication. In this communication lesson, students discuss the effectiveness of codes, languages, and transportation in communication. Students participate in a problem solving activity that requires...
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Do Not Open Until May 2000!

For Teachers K
Students create a time capsule. For this time capsule lesson, students collect and record data about themselves to be stored in a time capsule that will be opened at the end of the year. 
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Silent Movie

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students examine the impact of movies and television. For this communication lesson, students share filmstrips that lack sound and determine the genre of the segments. Students discuss popular movies and television shows from different...
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Learning to Communicate with Dogs: The Importance of Training

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students learn the importance of communication especially when it comes to animals. Students are shown video clips of a dog displaying unwanted behavior. Students participate in a class brainstorm where they list ideas of how people...
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Greetings

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students participate in greeting new people. In this greetings lesson, students greet people after modeling by the teacher.  Sample rituals include, "Hello, how are you?; My name is...What is your name?".  Students write a paragraph...
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Language, Communication, and Successful Conflict Resolution

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers consider how communication skills may diffuse conflict. In this conflict resolution lesson, students play a word game and discuss how vocabulary may contribute to creating conflict of diffusing it.
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Communicate with a Truck Driver

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore the truck driving profession and ways they use to communicate. In this truck driving lesson, 8th graders visit websites and use Twitter and podcasts to track a trucker's progress travelling through the United...
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Communication - An Introduction

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students define communication and identify its components. In this communication lesson, students read, discuss, and internalize the four pages of communication elements that include charts, vocabulary, and methods.
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Dragon's Jewels

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners play a game about dragons and jewels to learn cooperation, coordination, communication, and to have fun. In this dragons and jewels lesson plan, one group of knights guard the jewels, and one group of dragons try to get the jewels.